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咎有应得

jiù yǒu yīng dé

Definitions

  1. 1. (idiom) (literary) to deserve what one gets (punishment, mishap etc)

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Child Words of 咎有应得

得
dé

to obtain

得
de

structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc

得
děi

to have to

应
yīng

to agree (to do sth)

应
yìng

to answer

有
yǒu

to have; there is

咎
jiù

fault

应得
yīng dé

to deserve